| dc.description.abstract | On August 6, 2017, the Guomen Land Bridge, connecting National
freeway 1, Nankan Interchange, to Taoyuan District, was damaged due to
the fire under the bridge.
The Directorate General of Highways urgently closed the bridge, and
invited experts, scholars, and consultants, to the scene for an appraisal
report of the bridge test analysis, position and quantity of temporary
support.
After the appraisal report was approved by the Civil Engineers
Association of Taoyuan City, the bridge was reopened in the same month,
19th, providing a safe passage for locals.
Today′s society is ever-changing, the road network extends in all
directions, and bridges are essential, with the development of society and
different needs, bridges are built in different forms and materials, followup
care is especially important.
Therefore, the Directorate General of Highways has established a
fixed frequency for bridge inspection, to ensure that the bridge is in good
condition and to find problems early.
When a major accident or disaster occurs, such as typhoons, heavy
rain, debris flow, earthquake, tsunami, fire or structure damage by vehicles,
etc, the process of inspection, testing, analysis, and understanding the
extent of the damage and preventing the spread of the disaster is especially
important.
This study was reviewed through literature, fire damage detection and
analysis of bridges, discussion on bridge restoration construction, analysis
of the bridge repairs effectiveness, the repair situation of Guomen Land
Bridge, and feedback to bridge managements. | en_US |